HomeMy WebLinkAbout1334RESOLUTION NO. ;33t/
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of
the City of Kent, Washington, regarding
adoption of City of Kent Interim Urban
Growth Area Boundary.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act
requires that each county establish an Urban Growth Area, within
which urban growth, future annexation, and future incorporations
shall occur, as outlined in RCW 36.70A.110; and
adoption
are to
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act also requires the
and ratification of Countywide Planning Policies, which
provide a county-wide framework from which local
comprehensive plans are to be development {RCW 36.70A.210), and
which were adopted by the King County Council on July 6, 1992 and
ratified by the Kent City Council on September 1, 1992, and which
established an Urban Growth Area for King County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent Administration Growth
Management Work Program outlines the designation of an urban growth
area as a Planning Department work task; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department prepared four
alternatives for an interim urban growth area for consideration by
the Planning Commission and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Kent Planning Commission considered these
four alternatives in a workshop on May 11, 1992, and a public
hearing on June 8, 1992, and made a recommendation to the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council Planning Committee reviewed the
Planning Commission's recommendation on June 16, August 4, and
August 18, 1992, and after further consideration made a
recommendation to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the recommendation of
the Planning Committee on September 1, 1992; and
WHEREAS, The City Council Planning Committee considered
the Interim Urban Growth Area Boundary on September 15, and October
20, 1992, and revised the boundary so that it does not encroach
into the corporate limits of any other city; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Kent Interim Urban Growth Area
Boundary, attached hereto marked as Exhibit A, and incorporated
herein by this reference, are hereby approved and adopted by the
City of Kent City Council.
Section 2. The Interim Urban Growth Area Boundary shall
function as the area within which the City shall prepare its
Comprehensive Plan as required by the Washington State Growth
Management Act. The boundary shall be interim until the
Comprehensive Plan is approved by the City Council.
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Section 3. The Interim Urban Growth Area Boundary shall
provide the framework within which the City will define its future
annexation area.
Section 4. The Interim Urban Growth Area Boundary
attached hereto shall be filed with the City Clerk and in the
office of the Planning Department and made available for public
inspection.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington this 3 of 1&tv~-e;J, 1992.
Concurred in by the Mayor
day ofZ~w, 1992.
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER, Y CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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f the City of Kent, this
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. /33£/ , passed by the city Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the 3 day of~~ , 1992.
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BRENDA
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, CITY CLERK
Exhibit A
CITY OF KENT
INTERIM
URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
--Kent City Limits
--Interim Urban Gro.,.,1h Boundary